Volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Brain and Cerebellum in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Table 3
Correlations between total brain volume and age, gender, gestational age, Apgar score, birth weight, GMFCS, motor and speech development, mental retardation, and epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy () and controls ().
Variable
value
value
Total brain volume versus age
Cerebral palsy
0.265
0.011
Control
0.289
0.004
Total brain volume versus male sex
Cerebral palsy
NS
Control
Total brain volume versus female sex
Cerebral palsy
NS
Control
Total brain volume versus gestational age
Cerebral palsy
0.100
NS
Control
0.085
Total brain volume versus Apgar score
Cerebral palsy
0.1106
NS
Control
0.0486
Total brain volume versus birth weight
Cerebral palsy
0.125
NS
Control
Total brain volume versus GMFCS
Cerebral palsy
0.0576
NS
Control
Total brain volume versus siting
NS
Cerebral palsy
0.1477
Control
Total brain volume versus standing
NS
Cerebral palsy
0.115326
Control
Total brain volume versus walking
NS
Cerebral palsy
0.127084
Control
Total brain volume versus speech
NS
Cerebral palsy
0.150530
Control
0.020021
Total brain volume versus mental retardation
NS
Cerebral palsy
Control
0.288966
Total brain volume versus epilepsy
NS
Cerebral palsy
0.027474
Control
0.017008
: Spearman rank sum correlation coefficient; NS: not significant. : not tested for controls.
